Professor Shusaku Kanazawa will talk about the peculiarity of Britain in terms of charity through the lens of some Japanese observers in the 19th and 20th centuries.
This talk will focus on May's beautiful designs and completed embroideries, demonstrating why she should be regarded as one of the most significant artists of the arts and crafts movement.
Social Historian Carol Harris will look at the first children to enter the Foundling Hospital, and what their reception meant for them and for their mothers.
A lecture by Professor Frances Spalding CBE on the personal friendship and creative collaborations of poet, architectural commentator and broadcaster Sir John Betjeman and artist John Piper.